Wednesday, October 24, 2007

"You'll get no argument from me on the fundamental value of unit testing. Even the most trivially basic unit test, as shown in the code sample above, is a huge step up from the testing most developers perform-- which is to say, most developers don't test at all! They key in a few values at random and click a few buttons. If they don't get any unhandled exceptions, that code is ready for QA!" --Jeff Atwood

Monday, October 01, 2007

McConnell Week: "Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, 'How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't needed?' Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer." --Steve McConnell